Hitch is the fix for what ails them. His hiring in Columbus marked the day the turnaround began for the Blue Jackets. Ultimately, he was the right voice in the room that got Doogie MacClapTraps AKA the Carnival Barker terminated and ultimately ended his Reign of Error. Management actually heard a person talk sensibly…

Archer knows better than to get stuck in the same room with this boring-ass corncob.

...the outcome shouldn’t influence the analysis of whether the initial decision was sound or not.

What would happen if he just had the ‘u’ hastily changed to look like an ‘o’ or something. Sopreme. Would the league still fine him?

The White Sox minute is a lot darker than I remember.

It’s a Billy Haisley article. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about, let alone what he might want or what the solution is.

I do not understand this fetishization of promotion/relegation. It is not the reason America sucks at soccer, nor is it the reason MLS underachieves. The NBA is one of many basketball leagues in the world, yet it has no promotion/relegation and America is the best nation in the world at basketball, and the NBA is the…

“Nut byad. Mikhail kyan dew byetteh.”

But the guys pitching it are different, better guys for all the reasons I mentioned. The guys throwing the 4th, 5th, and 6th (and maybe 3rd and 7th) are different guys, or at least the same guys used differently, as compared to the regular season.

Fair point on Games 3, 4, and 5. Still, happening once in a month as opposed to twice a week is a big difference.

It is a little bit easier, but the small benefit does not justify any risk. You can score from third on a balk, wild pitch, or passed ball that would not score you from second, but those are all rare. There may be a few other ways, but they will be even more rare. On the other hand, with two outs the runner on second…

For more analysis, we now go live to a bunch of lawyers with too much free time on their hands: the entire Deadspin commentariat.

I have a plan I’ve dubbed “The Procedure”.

It really isn’t. The only smart move at this point is to start over. Look how well version 1.0 of The Process has gone. Just think of all the championships than can be had with The Process 2.0.

If you have all the draft picks, the other teams will eventually grow old and die. You have to think long-term, sheeple.

put it straight into my veins

Quick, somebody make sure SI never called Peter Thiel gay.

Friendly reminder that David Samson came in dead last place on Survivor, a game show where you are incentivized to sacrifice your weakest player first. He was on a tribe with a woman who ended up throwing all their rice in a fire, and he was still eliminated first.